A great physiological thriller with a lovely twist at the end, the real last page twist, which I loved.

The writing flowed easily, making it a joy to read with the heroine Anna being. a postie,, making the book fell like real life, not just made up.

The book focuses on both the present day and thirteen years ago and tells the story from several view points. Well worth a read.

This was my first book by Slater, but it won't be my last! One thing I noticed very quickly was that she is very good at creating a mood and tension, which lingered throughout the whole book. The characters were interesting and mysterious, and I kept wondering who could be trusted. This was a real page turner and the ending was both excited and clever. Can't wait for the author's next work!

Great story, hooked from page 1.

Thanks for the advanced copy

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this review copy.

Anna is a postwoman. She lives with her cat, has no family and no friends. One day she witnesses a road traffic collision involving a car and a motorbike. She stays with the motorcyclist until the ambulance comes, but whilst there she recognises the woman driver of the car. It’s someone from her past and someone who she has been looking for for 13 years. She makes it her mission to find out where she lives and to do this she needs to befriend Liam, the motorcyclist, and his grandmother. By doing this she starts to neglect her work life and, not having time to finish her post round, she begins bringing the undelivered mail home with her. This brings complaints for customers on her round who aren’t getting their expected post, and in turn, the Post Office starts an investigation to find out exactly what is going on. Anna has every intention of delivering the post when she can, but the obsession with Amanda, the woman driver, takes over her life.

The story is told mainly from Anna’s perspective. We also have the perspective 13 years earlier from Carla, a school counsellor, who is counselling Anna’s troubled brother Daniel. Early on in the story, it’s not said who Amanda is, but you can work out the general idea, and it’s not until the story progresses that you understand why Anna is so obsessed with Amanda. I loved the storyline with Anna’s job also. I’ve never really thought about the workers who deliver our post and what a big responsibility they have, and it was interested to read how this works, particularly investigations into missing post. I’m not sure whether I liked Anna as a character. One minute you feel sorry for her and her situation, and the next you just want to shout at her to stop being so silly. Liam and his grandmother are also another part of the story that you can’t work out. You just know there’s something strange going on, but can’t work out what. The story did get a bit complicated at parts as the timeline moves back and forward 13 years, but there were plenty of twists and turns to keep it moving. There were a couple of bits which I didn’t quite get and felt they weren’t really explained (I won’t mention which as I don’t want to spoil the plot) but in all it was a good psychological thriller which kept me page turning to the end.

There is only one word to describe this book and that is boring.
The plot is slow and confused.
Nothing thrilling about this at all.

Nothing is better than to read a good suspense book; however, this one was just a little to gory and sinister for my taste.

Really good read and easy to follow story line. Look forward to reading more from this author

A page turner. This is a book that you talk about long after finished reading. Read it in a day and a half since I couldn't put it down.